Gord Lacey
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I'd love to hear people's thoughts on how a theme song should be replaced on DVD when the piece of music costs too much.
There are a few examples I've seen:
1) New music added to old visuals: This has happened most recently on "Married... with Children." The new song is inserted over the standard opening of the show.
2) Overseas opening used: "Dawson's Creek" uses a song recorded for overseas airings. While this is a new song for people in the US/Canada, it was something that's associated with the show in different markets.
3) Variation of 2: "Las Vegas" used the US opening song for the pilot episode, but swapped in the overseas opening for subsequent episodes.
4) Removal of most openings: "Joan of Arcadia" contained the opening (with music) on the first episode of each disc. Other episodes included credits during the "teaser" which opened each episode, but there wasn't a theme song, or proper video opening for those episodes.
5) Removal of all openings: Just get rid of the opening to the show completely.
Let's not debate music costs, but stick with the best way (in your opinion), to handle replacing a theme song on a DVD set. I'm interested in your opinions (yes, I have a favorite).
Gord
There are a few examples I've seen:
1) New music added to old visuals: This has happened most recently on "Married... with Children." The new song is inserted over the standard opening of the show.
2) Overseas opening used: "Dawson's Creek" uses a song recorded for overseas airings. While this is a new song for people in the US/Canada, it was something that's associated with the show in different markets.
3) Variation of 2: "Las Vegas" used the US opening song for the pilot episode, but swapped in the overseas opening for subsequent episodes.
4) Removal of most openings: "Joan of Arcadia" contained the opening (with music) on the first episode of each disc. Other episodes included credits during the "teaser" which opened each episode, but there wasn't a theme song, or proper video opening for those episodes.
5) Removal of all openings: Just get rid of the opening to the show completely.
Let's not debate music costs, but stick with the best way (in your opinion), to handle replacing a theme song on a DVD set. I'm interested in your opinions (yes, I have a favorite).
Gord